What will happen to Scratch if Net Neutrality is killed?

paws48

Half of these posts are literally saying that our providers will block Scratch. But most likely, this is not the case. First off, Scratch is a KIDS site! Most kids don't really have a steady way of getting enough money. And most parents wont open up their wallets for something on the internet unless they see that their kids are really happy with it and a holiday is coming up. Second, Scratch isn't that big! Well, I mean, it is big, but not compared to Youtube. I doubt they will ever make you pay for Scratch unless it gets MAJORLY popular. Like, more popular than Snapchat. Course, this is my opinion, but don't expect any changes in Scratch. You can email them if you want if you are REALLY worried, but they might get annoyed with all the other emails about it.

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-ShadowOfTheFuture-

paws48 wrote:
Most kids don't really have a steady way of getting enough money. And most parents wont open up their wallets for something on the internet unless they see that their kids are really happy with it and a holiday is coming up.

Since the ISPs will see that they can't make money off of Scratch, they'll block it.

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paws48

-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:
Since the ISPs will see that they can't make money off of Scratch, they'll block it.

True, but what are the chances of that happening? They will most likely go for the big stuff like SnapChat and just ignore Scratch in general. They can't just get a couple people to code in some prices for random websites every day.

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paws48

But still, Scratch might be a good choice in their eyes considering that parents are all for paying for educational stuff. But then again, Scratch is used in many schools. And a lot of schools are pretty low budget. So they probably wouldn't want to spend the money on it. They could get it for free from the gouverment though.

Last edited by paws48 (Dec. 16, 2017 19:55:45)

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CStafford-14

jromagnoli wrote:
-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:
FireBolt2 wrote:
Wahsp wrote:
are we dead yet?
No this process will take 2 months. Thankfully. But sadly it will happen.

At least I'll have 2 months before I'll have to leave Scratch.
There's no guarantee they'll block scratch, it's just a kids site, why would they care?

It's VERY popular.

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-Osiris-

CStafford-14 wrote:
jromagnoli wrote:
-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:
FireBolt2 wrote:
Wahsp wrote:
are we dead yet?
No this process will take 2 months. Thankfully. But sadly it will happen.

At least I'll have 2 months before I'll have to leave Scratch.
There's no guarantee they'll block scratch, it's just a kids site, why would they care?

It's VERY popular.

Apparently, Scratch is the #1119th visited site in the world. Is that enough to get it blocked?

Last edited by -Osiris- (Dec. 16, 2017 23:03:13)

paws48

-Osiris- wrote:
CStafford-14 wrote:
jromagnoli wrote:
-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:
FireBolt2 wrote:
Wahsp wrote:
are we dead yet?
No this process will take 2 months. Thankfully. But sadly it will happen.

At least I'll have 2 months before I'll have to leave Scratch.
There's no guarantee they'll block scratch, it's just a kids site, why would they care?

It's VERY popular.

Apparently, Scratch is the #1119th visited site in the world. Is that enough to get it blocked?

It is popular, but not as popular as, say, Facebook.

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jromagnoli

paws48 wrote:
-Osiris- wrote:
CStafford-14 wrote:
jromagnoli wrote:
-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:
FireBolt2 wrote:
Wahsp wrote:
are we dead yet?
No this process will take 2 months. Thankfully. But sadly it will happen.

At least I'll have 2 months before I'll have to leave Scratch.
There's no guarantee they'll block scratch, it's just a kids site, why would they care?

It's VERY popular.

Apparently, Scratch is the #1119th visited site in the world. Is that enough to get it blocked?
It is popular, but not as popular as, say, Facebook.

Not to mention, their popularity would go way down as soon as a headline appears in the news that says: “KIDS SITE SHUTDOWN BY TELECOM COMPANY”

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paws48

aking_ wrote:
We'll survive B don't worry

Nice Signature m8.

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IggyAndCassie

So living in the UK, will this affect me?

CStafford-14

IggyAndCassie wrote:
So living in the UK, will this affect me?

If Scratch's ISP blocks Scatch, then yes. But any other site founded in the US that gets blocked by their ISP (ex. Google, Facebook) then still, yes.

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IggyAndCassie

CStafford-14 wrote:
IggyAndCassie wrote:
So living in the UK, will this affect me?

If Scratch's ISP blocks Scatch, then yes. But any other site founded in the US that gets blocked by their ISP (ex. Google, Facebook) then still, yes.

Oh dear… Wishing you all the best of luck on this. There is a video on YouTube about net neutrality, find it by searching up, “ CPG Grey net neutrality”.
Wonder how many people will move out the USA after this…

jromagnoli

CStafford-14 wrote:
IggyAndCassie wrote:
So living in the UK, will this affect me?

If Scratch's ISP blocks Scatch, then yes. But any other site founded in the US that gets blocked by their ISP (ex. Google, Facebook) then still, yes.

No, your ISP stops you from viewing it, not theirs.

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CStafford-14

jromagnoli wrote:
CStafford-14 wrote:
IggyAndCassie wrote:
So living in the UK, will this affect me?

If Scratch's ISP blocks Scatch, then yes. But any other site founded in the US that gets blocked by their ISP (ex. Google, Facebook) then still, yes.
No, your ISP stops you from viewing it, not theirs.

Well really, yes. The servers need an internet connection from their ISP too. So if their ISP blocks access to that particular server, then all devices won't be able to find the server, because it's blocked.

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paws48

IggyAndCassie wrote:
CStafford-14 wrote:
IggyAndCassie wrote:
So living in the UK, will this affect me?

If Scratch's ISP blocks Scatch, then yes. But any other site founded in the US that gets blocked by their ISP (ex. Google, Facebook) then still, yes.
Oh dear… Wishing you all the best of luck on this. There is a video on YouTube about net neutrality, find it by searching up, “ CPG Grey net neutrality”.
Wonder how many people will move out the USA after this…

CGP Grey-

The bae.

Last edited by paws48 (Dec. 19, 2017 00:46:17)

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paws48

Could this possibly be happening right now for Cable One users? I know it's two months away, but my YT has been REALLY slow today. Even worse for the ads. The ads have been buffering for three seconds at a time before showing me 1 second of footage.

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jromagnoli

paws48 wrote:
Could this possibly be happening right now for Cable One users? I know it's two months away, but my YT has been REALLY slow today. Even worse for the ads. The ads have been buffering for three seconds at a time before showing me 1 second of footage.

Not sure. I do know that Verizon was throttling YT earlier this year.

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FireBolt2

jromagnoli wrote:
paws48 wrote:
Could this possibly be happening right now for Cable One users? I know it's two months away, but my YT has been REALLY slow today. Even worse for the ads. The ads have been buffering for three seconds at a time before showing me 1 second of footage.
Not sure. I do know that Verizon was throttling YT earlier this year.

This doesn't take effect til earily 2018. It's probably just your internet. If Verizon was messing with You Tube earilier this year that was illegal at the time soo…

FireBolt2

paws48 wrote:
Could this possibly be happening right now for Cable One users? I know it's two months away, but my YT has been REALLY slow today. Even worse for the ads. The ads have been buffering for three seconds at a time before showing me 1 second of footage.

Google is probably just putting up more ads so google can get their hands around this whole Net Neutrality trash. Google doesn't seem to like it at the moment.

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